Potty Time

Violet has been using the potty first thing in the morning since May. I didn't want to start full time potty training until the stress of the wedding was over.

So, the Monday after the wedding I got her pull ups! We keep her in pull ups during the day and diapers are for bedtime. We got her an Elmo Goes Potty book that has buttons to sound like a toilet flushing. She loves it! I also let her pick out some big girl panties. She picked Minnie Mouse. Now that was a funny sight! Violet in a pair of panties. This was her Gigi and Mee Maw's idea...I don't have enough patience yet for those. I'm sure they would potty train her quicker though since she can actually feel the wetness in them. Maybe I'll try that method next month.

For the most part we have to tell her to go sit on the potty. It's only when she's very still or tired that she realizes she has the urge to go. The last 2 nights she has slept through the night with a dry diaper!

She just loves all things potty right now. I had to take her to the doctor last week. While we were in the waiting room she starts yelling POTTY POTTY! So, I take her in there and she insist on getting on the "big potty". Then she just sits there. The nurse had to knock on the door to tell us it was our turn. Violet then threw a tantrum because she didn't want to leave the potty.

Violet also likes to follow me into the bathroom and tell me "good job mommy"..."yay!"..."you flush it mommy?"..."you wash your hands mommy?"

It is so funny! She does this with our dog too. If he's doing his business in the backyard she has to be nosy and walk right up to him and say "good job colby!" or "ewww, colby go pee pee".

Sometimes we find her putting her dolls on her potty and telling them how to go potty.

I wonder how long it will take to get her potty trained. I may have started her too early. She just seemed so interested in it but sometimes it seems like a fun game to her.